Our School

Sheldon High School was the district’s 5th high school and the 3rd in less than ten years. The name is from the town of Sheldon on Grant Line Road, a place that had been active in the Cosumnes River gold activity of the 1850s. Sheldon is where the wagons were made. Jared Dixon Sheldon, for whom the town was named, was an amazing adventurer, entrepreneur, pioneer, and farmer of the Cosumnes River Sloughhouse area. In 1846, Sheldon obtained title from the Mexican government to 86,000 acres, the Omochumnes Land Grant. In 1851, Sheldon was shot by gold miners who had overrun his property. They objected to the dam he had built to irrigate his crops because it flooded their claims.

Vision and Mission

VISION STATEMENT

Sheldon High School will empower students to meet standards of excellence that foster intellectual curiosity and ready them to be responsible, productive, creative and employable citizens who effectively communicate in a culturally diverse and technologically based society.

MISSION STATEMENT

Sheldon High School students will have the maximum opportunity to accelerate academically by exploring artistic, career, technical, community service and curricular options via multiple, rigorous elective choices and/or academy programs.

EXPECTED SCHOOLWIDE LEARNING RESULTS

Following are the “Expected Schoolwide Learning Results” (ESLRs) for Sheldon High School students: